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Iran’s Role in Leading SCO Anti-Terrorism Exercises: Regional Security Implications

Iran’s Role in Leading SCO Anti-Terrorism Exercises: Regional Security Implications

The fact that Iran hosted and headed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) bi-annual anti-terrorism drill, called Sahand-Counterterrorism-2025 and which is to take place in December 4, near Tabriz, highlights how…
Iran’s Role in Leading SCO Anti-Terrorism Exercises: Regional Security Implications

Iran’s Role in Leading SCO Anti-Terrorism Exercises: Regional Security Implications

The fact that Iran hosted and headed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) bi-annual anti-terrorism drill, called Sahand-Counterterrorism-2025 and which is to take place in December 4, near Tabriz, highlights how…
Post-Petroleum Middle East: Security Implications of Energy Transition
Post-Petroleum Middle East: Security Implications of Energy Transition
Drone Swarms and Non-State Warfare: Middle East as Laboratory for Future Conflict
Drone Swarms and Non-State Warfare: Middle East as Laboratory for Future Conflict
How Kuwait’s AML/CFT Framework Shapes Gulf Security Cooperation Against Terrorism?
How Kuwait’s AML/CFT Framework Shapes Gulf Security Cooperation Against Terrorism?
Iran’s Stance: Arrest of Gaza Flotilla Activists Is an Act of Terrorism
Iran’s Stance: Arrest of Gaza Flotilla Activists Is an Act of Terrorism
Manchester Synagogue Attack Exposes Gaps in Counter-Terrorism and Prevention
Manchester Synagogue Attack Exposes Gaps in Counter-Terrorism and Prevention
Post-Petroleum Middle East: Security Implications of Energy Transition

Post-Petroleum Middle East: Security Implications of Energy Transition

The world is moving towards the use of non-fossil fuels and this has placed the Middle East at an important…
Drone Swarms and Non-State Warfare: Middle East as Laboratory for Future Conflict

Drone Swarms and Non-State Warfare: Middle East as Laboratory for Future Conflict

Next-generation military technologies, especially the use of swarms of drones by non-state actors, have proven themselves in the Middle East.…
How Kuwait’s AML/CFT Framework Shapes Gulf Security Cooperation Against Terrorism?

How Kuwait’s AML/CFT Framework Shapes Gulf Security Cooperation Against Terrorism?

The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) framework of Kuwait is becoming a particularly central part of the…
Iran’s Stance: Arrest of Gaza Flotilla Activists Is an Act of Terrorism

Iran’s Stance: Arrest of Gaza Flotilla Activists Is an Act of Terrorism

Iran formally announced in October 2025 that the detention of 461 activists of Global Sumud Flotilla was an act of…
Manchester Synagogue Attack Exposes Gaps in Counter-Terrorism and Prevention

Manchester Synagogue Attack Exposes Gaps in Counter-Terrorism and Prevention

The terrorist attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, on October 2, 2025 was an intensely intimidating experience of…

Expert Opinions

Counter-Terrorism Laws and Human Rights: Striking the Balance in the Middle East

Drones, AI, and Cyber-Jihad: The Future of Terrorism in the Middle East

From Al-Qaeda to ISIS: How Terrorist Ideologies Evolve in the Middle East?

Quadripartite Calls on Kabul: Are Regional Powers Effectively Addressing Terrorism?

Unpacking the Roots: Why Terrorism Soars in the Middle East?

Building resilience: Bahrain’s new strategy for financial integrity and counter-terror goals

Elite But Controversial: 50 Years of YAMAM and Israel’s Counter-Terror Legacy

Elite But Controversial: 50 Years of YAMAM and Israel’s Counter-Terror Legacy

Israel’s YAMAM counter-terrorism unit was established in 1974 to address gaps in police and military capabilities for hostage rescues and…
Iran’s covert reach: Unfolding risks of sleeper cells for US homeland security

Iran’s covert reach: Unfolding risks of sleeper cells for US homeland security

US homeland security strategy is undergoing renewed scrutiny amid escalating tensions with Iran, particularly in 2025. Intelligence assessments warn of…
The war on Arab sovereignty: How counter-terrorism became regional domination?

The war on Arab sovereignty: How counter-terrorism became regional domination?

Twenty years following the initiation of the US-led war on terror, what started out as a global campaign against extremist…
Israeli Counter-Terrorism Summit Amid Gaza Crisis: Ethical Blindness or Complicity?

Israeli Counter-Terrorism Summit Amid Gaza Crisis: Ethical Blindness or Complicity?

The 2025 World Summit on Counter-Terrorism which will be held September 15-18, Reichman University, Herzliya has created a furor in…
From the Judge’s Desk to the Battlefield: Intelligence Judicial Coordination in Counterterrorism

From the Judge’s Desk to the Battlefield: Intelligence Judicial Coordination in Counterterrorism

Iraq’s 2025 counterterrorism strategy has shifted from reactive force to intelligence-driven operations with judicial oversight. This integration is redefining responses…
ISIS global reach: Examining the threat of its expanding African strongholds

ISIS global reach: Examining the threat of its expanding African strongholds

Over a decade since its rise, ISIS remains among the most persistent terrorist groups. Despite losing its Iraq-Syria caliphate in…
How regional powers influence the Shia and Sunni conflict amidst changing geopolitics?

How regional powers influence the Shia and Sunni conflict amidst changing geopolitics?

The rivalry between the Shia and Sunni is one of the longest lived divisions in the Islamic world. Historically it…
How Iraq’s progress reflects broader trends in global counter-terrorism strategies?

How Iraq’s progress reflects broader trends in global counter-terrorism strategies?

Iraq has shifted its counter-terrorism efforts from active warfare to sustained vigilance. According to the 2025 Global Terrorism Index, terrorism-related…
The role of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition in Middle East

The role of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition in Middle East

Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) was launched in December 2015 with the endeavor of the Crown Prince of Saudi…
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